Trenton police investigate rash of robberies over three days

TRENTON — Police are investigating 11 robberies in the city during a three-day span and arrests have been made in three of the incidents, police said yesterday.

Four of the robberies occurred at gunpoint and two others involved robbers using knives, police said. The other five invovled physical force on the robbery victims, police said. The 11 robberies occurred between Friday and Sunday.

One of the robbery victims, 24-year-old Trenton man, was slashed on the back of his head by a knife when he was attacked Friday by four teens on Roebling Avenue. Police charged Ricardo Montalban, 19, of Trenton, with robbbery and three 17-year-old boys were also arrested. No weapon was recovered.

Early Sunday, a woman who was robbed on the 500 block of West State Street helped police find one of the three suspects she said attacked her. The 27-year-old woman was accosted at 2:15 a.m. and one of the robbers held her down while two others robbed her, police said.

During a search of the area, police arrested Dion Ingram, 21, after a brief foot chase, and the woman identified him as the robber whio held her down, police said. Ingram faces charges of robbery, resisting arrest, improper behavior, and obstructing the administration of law. Police are trying to identify the other suspects.

Also on Sunday, police arrested a 19-year-old Trenton man on charges he robbed a 31-year-old man on the first block of Hewitt Street. The man was walking home from a bar when was approached by several people demanding money. They started to attack the man and go through his pockets until neighbors intervened and chased the robbers away, police said. One of the robbers was armed with a knife, police said.

Mark Maulk, 19, of Trenton, was found in the area when police arrived and identified by the victim as one of the attackers, police said. Maulk was charged with robbery and weapons offenses.

Anyone with information on the robberies is asked to call police at (609) 989-4170, or the Confidential Tip Line at (609) 989-3663.